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starting school later, the end result would be an alleviation of congestion and what policy direction we take is up for the school district to decide. Mr. Tassano said about 15% was school traffic in the morning. Mayor Hosterman said she noticed on page 4 at the bottom, when we talk about the consensus preferred land use plan both with and without Stoneridge Drive extension, there are a total of 9 intersections which fail to meet the City’s level of service standard. But with the extension, there are also 9 intersections that fail to meet the standard. The changes in level of service do not seem to be tremendous, although there are some, and in addition to that the delay drop between building and not building the extension is anywhere from negligible to not very substantial. She felt 20 seconds was still an eternity per vehicle, but at the same time it is low. She said today she received 200-300 emails from people in the community and a lot of the email notes were from people who were adamantly for one decision or another, but many included in their messages that it was absolutely clear that building the extension was a panacea. She encouraged everyone to view the actual staff report on the City’s website. She asked what are some of the biggest, positive changes we could see from building the extension, whether it is 5, 10, 20 years, given this 2030 model. Mr. Tassano said the benefit received from the extension is the balance of traffic. You have reductions throughout town, essentially balancing your arterial approaches and improving the delay on almost all of the city’s exit arterials. Mayor Hosterman called for a break and thereafter reconvened the meeting. Mayor Hosterman opened public comment. Nancy Allen, addressed the City Council, said she was happy to be able to talk about traffic, said everyone knows traffic is a signal that we are in a healthy and prosperous community, but the challenge and responsibility we have is ensuring city streets support current and future growth. She felt we needed a general plan that helps the city wisely manage growth without pushing traffic over the edge, felt it was clear we would never reduce traffic in certain neighborhoods, but by adding additional arteries and improving circulation, we can only make things better. The critical question she felt is that, based on the best information available to you in the coming weeks, do you have compelling data that invalidates the reason Stoneridge Drive has been in the General Plan for 20 years and should not at least be in a future plan, and is there any reason we should not keep an additional artery in the plan given the local challenges the city has with its own traffic. She wanted to share why Stoneridge should be in the plan for all neighborhoods. She noted in summary, keeping Stoneridge Drive in the plan is a wise decision, it protects most neighborhoods from something that would otherwise be much worse, it helps people who are driving through the city, it follows through in the promise the city has had to all residents for 20 years, and she hopes the Stoneridge community will join them across Pleasanton for the betterment of the community and be open to share their roadway to make things better. She is hopeful that the Council will consider the full balanced view. Bimal Sangari, addressed the City Council, presented a PowerPoint which he said addresses the perspective that Mr. Tassano presented about Stoneridge Drive being constructed within the next 6 months to one year. He represents the Pleasanton Residents for Sensible Streets organization, showed the juxtaposition of Hayward and Pleasanton which are similar to their proximity to freeways, both have commute traffic patterns, both are close to a congested freeway, are nestled between two freeways which are intersecting at the same angles. He said Workshop Minutes 16 April 24, 2007